Tory MP Nigel Evans has claimed that 50 MPs from the Labour Party would be prepared to back a new Brexit deal brought by Boris Johnson.

Speaking to Sky News on Wednesday, the Brexiteer claimed that progress is being made by the Government on finding a new solution to the Irish border issue and that members of the Northern Irish DUP are also onside.

Mr Johnson said that a no-deal Brexit would be a “failure of statecraft” during a visit to Dublin on Monday, despite concerns from some MPs that this is his objective.

Under the terms of a new law, which has been imposed on Mr Johnson by MPs, the Prime Minister must seek an extension to Brexit beyond 31 October unless either a new deal, or a no-deal exit is approved by the Commons by 19 October.

‘We can do a deal’

Nigel Evans said a number of Labour MPs would back the deal. (Photo: Sky News)

“Nor does he want to disrespect the views of the British voters in that referendum, and so the way we do that is by seeing if there is a way that we can do a deal. ”

“And I talked to Arlene Foster yesterday who was over for discussions with the Prime Minister, I spoke to Jeffrey Donaldson of the DUP, who is incredibly pragmatic at looking for all sorts of ways.

“And we all already know that the Irish foreign minister, Simon Coveney has been looking at ways of facilitating the integrity of the single market but away from the border.

50 Labour MPs

Caroline Flint is leading the new group (Photo: Getty Images)

“And so there are all sorts of ways that this can happen. But what we need, and this is the one thing that has been lacking, is political will.

“And I spoke to a Labour MP yesterday, and she told me that there are about 50 Labour MPs who are ready to break ranks with the Labour Party, if necessary, in order to vote for a pragmatic sensible deal that’s going to deliver Brexit.”

Labour MPs Stephen Kinnock and Caroline Flint are trying to build a cross-party consensus for a deal, with support from former Tory ministers such as Rory Stewart.

Mr Johnson is focused on trying to negotiate changes to the backstop, a series of measures that keeps the UK in the Customs Union and Northern Ireland aligned to many EU rules, to prevent a hard border with the Republic of Ireland.

The DUP, who have helped prop up the Tory Government, are opposed to any deal that separates Northern Ireland with the rest of the UK.

‘Economic and constitutional integrity of the UK’

The Prime Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster held talks for over an hour in Downing Street on a way forward on Brexit (Photo: REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)

Ms Foster said after meeting the Prime Minister on Tuesday: “A sensible deal, between the United Kingdom and European Union which respects the economic and constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom, is the best way forward for everyone,” she said.

“History teaches us that any deal relating to Northern Ireland which cannot command cross-community support is doomed to failure. That is why the Northern Ireland backstop is flawed.

“During today’s meeting, the Prime Minister confirmed his rejection of the Northern Ireland only backstop and his commitment to securing a deal which works for the entire United Kingdom as well as our neighbours in the Republic of Ireland.”

Suggestions that a compromise could be made around a Northern Ireland-only backstop were, however, dismissed by Mrs Foster and Downing Street.

But there could be movement over a special agri-food area covering Ireland and Northern Ireland, with alternative arrangements for other trade. Before the No 10 talks, Phil Hogan, who was nominated as the EU’s new trade commissioner and is Irish, fuelled speculation that there could be movement on the backstop – which has been the major obstacle to the Brexit withdrawal agreement being passed by Parliament.

The Prime Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster held talks for over an hour in Downing Street on a way forward on Brexit (Photo: REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)

Cross community support

Mrs Foster said: “History teaches us that any deal relating to Northern Ireland which cannot command cross community support is doomed to failure. That is why the Northern Ireland backstop is flawed.”

Mr Hogan told the Irish Times: “I remain hopeful that the penny is finally dropping with the UK that there are pragmatic and practical solutions can actually be introduced into the debate at this stage that may find some common ground between the EU and the UK.”

Mr Johnson has expressed interest in an all-Ireland agri-food area, as agriculture accounts for 30 per cent of trade between Northern Ireland and the Republic.

Deal stopper — Agreement key to unlocking progress

The Irish backstop has become the key sticking point in getting a Brexit deal passed by Parliament.

It was written into the Withdrawal Agreement as an insurance policy to prevent a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, meaning that during the transition period between the UK’s departure from the EU and a trade deal being agreed, the UK and Ireland would stay inside an EU customs territory. A Northern Ireland-only backstop would keep that nation in a common customs arrangement with Ireland but separate to the rest of the UK, creating a border down the Irish Sea.

While the DUP is opposed to this, it has indicated it would be open to some divergence on trade rules between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.

Justine Greening has announced she will not stand as a Member of Parliament at the next general election.

The former education secretary has sent a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying she will not stand as a Conservative candidate.

She said her concerns of the party “becoming the Brexit party” had come to pass.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4 Today programme she said: “I want to focus on making a difference on the ground on social mobility and I believe I can do that better outside of parliament than inside Parliament. We have seen Parliament gridlocked on Brexit.

“I will continue to represent my community that heavily voted to remain on Brexit and I have no doubt that the person following me for Putney will also represent our community on Brexit.”

No ‘sensible choice’

Ms Greening added: “It is very clear to me that my concerns about the Conservative Party becoming the Brexit party in effect have come to pass and therefore my decision is that, if I really want to continue to make a difference on the ground on opportunity and social mobility, I need to do that outside Parliament and that’s what I am prepared to do.”

She said a general election would not offer people a “sensible choice”.

“I don’t believe the Conservative Party will offer people a sensible choice at the next election. Boris Johnson is going to offer people a general election that faces them with a choice between no-deal or Jeremy Corbyn.

“That is a lose-lose general election for Britain and I think a far better way of resolving a path forward on Brexit is to give the British people a direct choice between the different options of Brexit themselves rather than a messy general election which I believe will be inconclusive on a route forward on Brexit.”

Ms Greening has been a staunch Remain supporter and was vocal in her opposition to the Prime Minister proroguing parliament last week.

The Labour leader said he “protested in the strongest possible terms on behalf of my party” in his letter. Mr Corbyn argued that prorogation would “deprive the electorate of the opportunity to have their representatives hold the Government to account” in the crucial weeks leading up to the scheduled date of Brexit on 31 October. “There is a danger that the royal prerogative is being set directly against the wishes of a majority of the House of Commons,” he wrote.

The Privy Council meeting to sign off Boris Johnson’s plan to suspend Parliament has happened at Balmoral on Wednesday afternoon. The Queen approved the order on to prorogue Parliament no earlier than September 9 and no later than September 12, until October 14. Sources said Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg – the Lord President of the Council – Lords Leader Baroness Evans and Chief Whip Mark Spencer attended the meeting with the Queen.

Ms Swinson, the Lib Dem leader, also wrote to the monarch “to express my concern at Boris Johnson’s anti-democratic plan to shut down Parliament and to request an urgent meeting”.

Jeremy Corbyn argued that prorogation would ‘deprive the electorate of the opportunity to have their representatives hold the Government to account’ in the crucial weeks leading up to the scheduled date of Brexit (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty)

‘Arrogant attempt’

She said: “This is a crucial time in our country’s history, and yet our Prime Minister is arrogantly attempting to force through a no-deal Brexit against the democratic will. He is outrageously stifling the voices of both the people and their representatives.

“It is appalling that the Prime Minister has forced opposition leaders into taking this action. However, we must take all measures necessary to avoid a disastrous no-deal Brexit, for which there is no mandate.”

The letters were sent shortly after a cross-party meeting of MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit, including Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party, to discuss how to counter what has been described as an attempted “coup” by Mr Johnson.

The group is expected to build on their meeting on Tuesday to use the moment when Parliament returns from its summer break on 3 September to work together on a new law to prevent a no-deal Brexit. Ms Swinson said the Prime Minister was embarking on a “dangerous and unacceptable course of action”. However, Mr Johnson’s decision gives them even less time to come up with a plan preventing – or delaying – a no-deal Brexit that will get through the Commons before 31 October.

Other MPs hit out at the position Mr Johnson had put the Queen in. Senior Labour MP Yvette Cooper said he was “trying to use the Queen to concentrate power in his own hands” while fellow ex-Cabinet minister Ben Bradshaw said the move would “drag the monarch into an unprecedented constitutional crisis”.

The so-called Spartans – who voted three times against the former prime minister’s Brexit blueprint – are pressing for more sweeping changes to the document she ­negotiated with Brussels last year.

However, asked whether Mr Johnson was seeking any other amendments to the agreement, a spokeswoman replied: “We have been clear the changes we are seeking relate to the backstop.”

Conservative sources also told i that the Prime Minister was braced for a backlash from members of the European Research Group of anti-EU MPs in the event of any agreement with Brussels. “We know that the ‘Spartans’ are going to accuse us of betrayal at some point,” said one source.

Brexit row

Iain Duncan Smith and Priti Patel attend the launch of the Boris Johnson Conservative Party leadership campaign in June (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty)

Mr Duncan Smith said: “Simply getting rid of the backstop isn’t enough. Many believe that what the UK really needs is a basic free trade deal with a standstill on regulations and tariffs whilst this is completed after we leave. I share those views – but I am sanguine ­because I am sure Boris understands that the deal Mrs May (inset) struck is a pig’s breakfast, under which the UK would surrender control to the EU far beyond the backstop.”

Mr Johnson has repeatedly insisted that he would no longer feel legally obliged in the event of a no-deal exit to pay the full sum agreed by Theresa May and Brussels.

Downing Street reportedly believes that the UK could only have to pay between £7bn and £10bn if Britain left the bloc without agreement.

Mr Johnson has been buoyed by suggestions from President Donald Trump and the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during talks at the G7 summit that their countries could strike a trade deal within a year of Brexit day. But EU officials warned the UK was required to stand by the commitments it made as an EU member and hinted at legal action to recoup the money.

Trade talk row

Guy Verhofstadt said the UK’s plans would end up ‘penalising’ EU citizens (Photo: PA)

Mina Andreeva, the Commission spokeswoman, said: “All commitments that were taken by the 28 member states should be honoured and this is also and especially true in a no-deal scenario where the UK would be expected to continue to honour all commitments made during EU membership.

“Rather than going now into a judicial action threat, I think it is important to make clear that settling accounts is essential to starting off a new relationship on the right foot, based on mutual trust.

Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s Brexit co-ordinator, said: “If the UK doesn’t pay what is due, the EU will not negotiate a trade deal. After a no deal, this will be a first condition of any talks. Britain is better than this.”

Mr Johnson has said that there would be “very substantial sums” available from the £39bn tospend on domestic priorities such as the National Health Service if there was a no-deal Brexit.

The scheme would keep the UK in a customs union with the EU – and Northern Ireland in some parts of the single market – until a free trade deal was reached with the bloc.

It was proposed, and supported by Theresa May, but rejected three times by MPs, as a way of avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland.

Irish backstop stand-off

Mr Johnson is braced for a cooler reception when he meets President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday in Paris (Photo: ALEXEI DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty)

The issue has been as the heart of the stand-off between London and Brussels since Mr Johnson demanded that the backstop plan is abandoned.

Mrs Merkel challenged the Prime Minister to come up with a workable alternative which protected the integrity of the single market within a month.

She said: “If one is able to solve this conundrum, if one finds this solution, we said we would probably find it in the next two years to come, but we can also maybe find it in the next 30 days to come.

“Then we are one step further in the right direction and we have to obviously put our all into this.”

The Prime Minister shrugged off the criticism by claiming a deal could be struck by appealing over the heads of the European Commission and directly to the heads of the EU member states.

‘Practical solutions’

Mrs Merkel suggested she was open to ‘practical solutions’ to the backstop (Photo: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

It came as Mrs Merkel suggested she was open to “practical solutions” to the backstop, but insisted the withdrawal agreement would not be reopened. Speaking ahead of his meeting, Mr Johnson said that there needed to be a “total backstop-ectomy” if there is to be any chance of a Brexit deal.

Mr Johnson laid the blame over the impasse in the talks at the door of the EU, claiming its position on installing a border between Northern Ireland and the Republic was “paradoxical”.

“We’ve made it clear 1,000 times we don’t want to see any checks on the Northern Irish frontier at all, under no circumstances. Let me repeat again: Under no circumstances will the Government of the United Kingdom be putting checks on the Northern Irish frontier,” he told ITV.

And he added: “By contrast it is the EU who currently claim that the single market and the plurality of the single market requires them to have such checks – I don’t think that’s true.”

Mr Johnson said he would be speaking to Mrs Merkel and French President Emanuel Macron tomorrow to push his case, stating he would approach the discussions “with a lot of oomph”.

“It may be that for now, they stick with the mantra, rien ne va plus, and they can’t change a jot or a tittle of the withdrawal agreement. Let’s see how long they stick to that, I think there are plenty of other creative solutions,” he added.

Brexit talks breakthrough

The President of the European Council Donald Tusk (Photo: Getty)

Any hopes of an early breakthrough in talks over the insurance policy, which is designed to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland, appeared slim ahead of his Berlin meeting, dramatically raising the prospect of a no deal departure on 31 October.

Speaking during a trip to Reykjavik, Iceland, Mrs Merkel attempted to strike a conciliatory tone, stating: “The moment we have a practical arrangement on how to preserve the Good Friday agreement and at the same time define the borders of the (European Union’s) internal market, we would not need the backstop anymore.”

His comments suggest Mr Johnson believes Brussels will blink first in the Brexit standoff. He will meet Mr Macron over lunch in Paris on Thursday before heading to the G7 summit in Biarritz on Saturday.

Sterling wobbles — Merkel helps reverse fall

The value of the pound against the euro fell before recovering as the fate of sterling remained tied to news on Brexit negotiations.

After European Council President Donald Tusk gave short shrift to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s demand for the EU nations to drop the Northern Ireland backstop, the pound fell to 1.08.

The currency rallied when German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested that a solution could yet be found.

“I have always said that when one has the will to find these solutions, one can do so in a short period of time,” she said. Her opinion that “the EU is ready to find a solution” helped sterling slightly rise, to 1.09.

Analysts believe that although a no-deal is still likely, as long as there is any prospect of a deal, currency speculation will remain limited, but the fluctation exposed how sensitive the pound remains to potential negotiations between the UK and EU.

Within days, the Government will begin spending £130m on an information blitz on the issue. Advertisements on television, radio, newspapers and social media will prepare the country for the prospect of leaving the EU without an agreement.

The media onslaught will differ from previous information campaigns by targeting the public – rather than businesses – with “user-friendly” advice on how no deal could affect their everyday lives. It will for instance give advice to holidaymakers about foreign travel after Brexit.

The Yellowhammer documents show what could happen if there’s a no-deal Brexit (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images/File)

Huge resources are also being poured into the Government’s website to ensure it can withstand a surge of traffic in the approach to 31 October. Michael Gove, who is in charge of no-deal planning, will brief MPs on developments when they return from their recess on 3 September and is promising to update them regularly after that.

Mr Johnson acknowledged yesterday that there would be “bumps along the road” to Brexit, but insisted he still believed Brussels would blink first in its stand-off with Britain. However, he is no longer claiming that the odds on failing to reach agreement with the EU are a “million to one”.

The chances of Britain having to put no-deal contingency planning into effect appear to be growing by the day.

Ms Fairbairn told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I think that what Yellowhammer does show is just how incredibly serious for our economy a no-deal outcome would be. It is difficult to predict exactly what the outcome could be but in terms of our conversations with businesses over the years, these feel like plausible outcomes.”

She added: “We would also totally agree with Michael Gove in terms of the importance of preparation. Business does have to prepare but I think, above all else, what this shows is that we must be trying to get a deal. And that must be the number-one priority of Government.”

“This is the first time the industry is learning of any threat to fuel supplies – a particularly worrying situation, as this would affect the movement of goods across the country, not just to and from Europe, and could put jobs at risk throughout the sector which keeps Britain trading,” a spokeswoman said.

The Brexit Party’s leader, Nigel Farage, said: “I don’t think this [leaked report] is really a Government document at all, I think it’s a civil service document, I call it an Olly Robbins special.”

Borders crackdown

Meanwhile, the Home Office is stepping up efforts to encourage the three million EU nationals living in Britain to apply for “settled status” in advance of Brexit. Two-thirds are yet to request the status, raising fears that up to two million people could be left in a legal limbo when new rules come into force.

Critics claimed that the upheaval could lead to a repeat of last year’s Windrush scandal in which people living in Britain for many years after arriving from the Caribbean were wrongly stripped of benefits, detained or even deported.

Downing Street insisted that EU nationals already in the UK would not be prevented from re-entering the country on 1 November – even if they were yet to receive their new paperwork.

But the3million, an EU citizens’ campaign group, said: “This government is shamefully linking EU citizens to criminality at every turn.

“We demand that the PM delivers on his promises to EU immigrants rather than creating … a large-scale Windrush scandal by treating us as ‘guilty until proven innocent’.”

Shake-up to no-deal plans

Diane Abbott, the shadow Home Secretary, said: “The threat to treat EU citizens settled here as if they may be criminals is a direct product of the Government’s aim to crash out with a no-deal Brexit.

Sir Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, said: “The Home Office has proved time and time again that it is simply not fit for purpose. The idea that it will be able to cope with a bureaucratic exercise on this scale after the Windrush scandal is completely untenable.”

A Downing Street spokeswoman said the immigration system, which currently places no restrictions on EU nationals wanting to live and work in Britain, would “look different” under the shake-up.

“Freedom of movement as it currently stands will end on 31 October,” she said. “We will introduce, immediately, much tougher criminality rules for people entering the UK.”

Josh Hardie, the CBI’s deputy director-general, said: “Announcing that the existing arrangements may end before a replacement has been designed, delivered or tested will only cause confusion.”

‘Race against time’

Ministers face a race against time to avert chaos at Britain’s borders on 1 November in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

A complex system needs to be designed and introduced for that moment – just 73 days away – when EU nationals’ right to freedom of movement ends.

All that has been confirmed so far is that the government will conduct tougher criminality checks on new arrivals, although it is yet to provide any detail on how those tests might be applied.

The government insists nothing will change for the three million EU nationals already living and working in the UK – regardless of whether they have applied for “settled status” by the time Britain leaves the bloc.

But critics fear that some of those EU nationals could still fall foul of new immigration rules as they move in and out of the country because they lack the necessary documentation.

The warnings carry echoes of the Windrush scandal when British citizens who had arrived from the Caribbean decades ago faced sanctions and detention because they could not produce the paperwork to prove their status.

How other travellers in and out of the country would be affected following a no deal is also unclear.

As arrivals from the EU will face extra checks, British travellers heading for the Continent could find themselves treated as passengers from a “third country” – equivalent to the United States or Australia – rather than being entitled to freedom of movement.

Even one minute of extra border checks on each passenger could lead to major delays at airports and Channel ports.

UK holidaymakers are also likely to face major changes when it comes to insuring themselves while touring in the EU.

A bill designed to block the Government from forcing through a no-deal Brexit is expected to become law today after it receives Royal Assent.

The European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill, or Benn bill, was approved by the House of Commons and the House of Lords last week.

It requires the Prime Minister to ask for an extension to the Brexit deadline beyond 31 October unless a withdrawal agreement is approved or Parliament agrees to leaving the EU without one by 19 October.

What is a ‘no deal’ Brexit?

A “no deal” Brexit does what it says on the tin. It means the UK and the EU has been unable to reach a withdrawal agreement.

If this is the case, it means there will be no 21-month transition period.

Consequently consumers, businesses and public bodies would have to respond immediately to changes as result of leaving the EU.

“The UK would leave the EU and everything associated with that would come to an end,” according to Dr Simon Usherwood, a reader in politics at the University of Surrey. “[A no deal] doesn’t stop the UK leaving but it means there is absolutely no clarity about what happens.”

While it is a possibility, in reality neither the UK nor the EU would favour a no deal because it signals a poor political relationship, he adds.

One of the key issues with a no deal scenario is the uncertainty it would lead to for life and work in Britain.

So what would actually happen with no deal?

These are just some of the consequences:

Trade

The UK would revert to World Trade Organisation rules on trade. While Britain would no longer be bound by EU rules, it would have to face the EU’s external tariffs. The price of imported goods in shops for Britons could go up as a result.

Some British-made products may be rejected by the EU as new authorisation and certification might be required.

Manufacturers could move their operations to the EU to avoid delays in components coming across the border.

People

The UK would be free to set its own controls on immigration by EU nationals and the bloc could do the same for Britons. There could be long delays at borders if passport and customs checks are heightened.

Laws

Relevant EU laws would be transferred over so there would be no black holes in Britain’s lawbook.

Britain would no longer have to adhere to the rulings of the European Court of Justice but it would be bound to the European Court of Human Rights, a non-EU body.

Money

The Government would not have to pay the annual £13 billion contribution to the EU budget. However Britain would lose out on some EU subsidies – the Common Agricultural Policy gives £3 billion to farmers.

It is likely that both the EU and the UK will have to honour financial commitments under the 2019 budget.

But would Britain be able to broker trade agreements with other countries?

The current deal on the table would allow Britain to start trade negotiations with other countries after it leaves the bloc but any deals would not be implemented until after the transition period of 21 months.

With a no deal, Britain could implement the deals whenever the fine print is ready.

But deals take years, not months or weeks, to broker. Therefore the UK is not gaining anything by having no transition period in this instance.

“It’s worth making the point that trade deals are about agreements with states. If the UK left without a deal showing it was unable to have constructive conversations with close trading partners [the EU], it would not be a great incentive for third parties,” says Dr Usherwood.

How likely is a ‘no deal’ Brexit?

There was a long-standing impasse between Britain and the EU over certain key Brexit issues, which made a no deal very likely.

Mrs May’s initial Chequers plan – which split the Tory Party – was dismissed by EU leaders, who said it “will not work”. In response, the Prime Minister insisted the EU brings fresh proposals for the Irish border and trade to the table.

Then after months of negotiations, Mrs May announced she had brokered a draft deal that offered a future relationship with “a breadth and depth of co-operation beyond anything the EU has agreed with any other country”.

“We can choose to leave with nodeal, we can risk no Brexit at all, or we can choose to unite and support the best deal that can be negotiated,” she said.

Although the Government has been ramping up preparations for a no deal, Downing Street has always said the “top priority” was to deliver Brexit under the terms of the deal struck by Mrs May with Brussels.

Mrs May’s proposed Brexit deal has been rejected by Parliament twice. And the Withdrawal Agreement document – which forms part of the deal – has also been rejected.

To avoid a no deal exit on 12 April, Mrs May asked the EU to delay Brexit until 30 June. This was rejected and instead EU leaders granted an extension until the end of October to allow the UK to “find the best possible solution”.

“Please do not waste this time,” said European Council President Donald Tusk.

But the election of Mr Johnson, a staunch Brexiteer, as Prime Minister has only complicated the withdrawal process and leaves the possibility of a no deal on the table.

He has said Britain will leave the EU on 31 October regardless of whether or not a deal has been secured.

And his decision to prorogue Parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queen’s Speech in mid-October has been lambasted by critics as a move to thwart their plans to avoid no-deal Brexit.

Even though it is set to receive Royal Assent, Parliament will be suspended shortly after, leaving MPs with little control over what happens.

Brexit… in brief

Remind yourself of what all the Brexit jargon means… and click the links to read more.

The single market is the free movement of movement of people, goods and services. A customs union is a bloc’s trade and tax agreement – normally free trade within members with fixed export duties with third parties

A soft Brexitwould leave the UK closely aligned with the EU, with access to the single market and minimal impact on business. A hard Brexitwould take the UK completely out of all EU agreements.

A“no deal” Brexit does what it says on the tin. It means the UK and the EU would be unable to reach a agreement and there would be no transition period(or ‘implementation period’).

The notorious sticking point is the Irish ‘backstop’– the insurance plan for avoiding a hard border in Northern Ireland. One proposed solution has been a ‘Canada-style’ agreement which removes most EU restrictions but would not totally abolish the need for a hard border. Other suggestions have included the ‘Max fac’ plan which would use technology to electronically track goods crossing the border to prevent the need for border checks.

Meanwhile she has to contend with Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn who is trying to push for his own ‘jobs-first Brexit’ deal AND MPs across all parties who have joined the campaign for a People’s Vote – or second Brexit referendum.

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